SIMON Cowell’s TV shows Britain’s Got Tal­ent and The X Factor have been snubbed by this year’s Bafta Awards. This is the first time he hasn’t had a show in the Best Entertainment category since 2007.
X Factor lost out to The Cube last year but has previously won Baftas in 2006 and 2009, while Britain’s

If piracy was a good thing ultimately then no one would be crying foul. Some have said piracy raises one’s profile and pres­ence, yes to some extent it does but can it sustain one’s day-to-day challenges and give a sense of success and direction? The facts on the ground are that somehow we all have

Prof John White Film Review
Film: Margin Call
Cast: Kevin Spacey, Paul Bettany, Jeremy Irons, Zachary Quinto, Penn Badgley, Mary McDonnell, Stanley

Art Brut or “raw art” is a label that was created by French artist and philosopher Jean Dubuffet to describe art created outside the boundaries of official formal art and cultural systems. It is an art form based entirely on natural artistic intuition. The term was later redefined in 1972, by art critic Rodger Cardinal to “Outsider Art”; a term broadly including self-taught or

Victoria Beckham has already ticked off the boxes for international pop star, award-winning fashion designer, style icon, supermom, and luckiest wife in the world. She can now add automobile designer to her list. Since 2010, Victoria has been a creative design executive for legendary luxury off-road brand Land Rover, and the fruits of her labour have just been

Richmore Tera
A LOT has been said about the Lord’s Last Supper, giving rise to myriad interpretations about the true meaning behind the occasion. Many Christians may agree that The Last Supper was the last gathering that Jesus Christ shared with his disciples

Entertainment Correspondent
They are back. And what better way to make their grand return than on the hallowed stages of the Harare International Festival of the Arts (Hifa) slated for May 1 to 6, 2012. Performing in the Landrover 7 Arts Theatre at Hifa this year, afro-jazz crooner

More Tirivashoma Arts Correspondent
WITH less than a week before the 13th edition of the Harare International Festival of the Arts roars into life, excitement has once again gripped the nation with fans expecting scintillating performances at the event. The event is a medley of music,

Richmore Tera Arts Correspondent
ZIMBABWEAN music legend Oliver Mtukudzi is billed to share the stage with his Senegalese counterpart, Ishmael Lo, at the closing ceremony of this year’s edition of the Harare International Festival of the Arts at the Telecel Main Stage in the Harare

Jonathan Mbiriyamveka Entertainment Reporter
Will sanity ever prevail at Mereki, the popular open-air braai and “watering hole” that resembles the “tshisa nyamas” found in Hillbrow in South Africa? Just when many people thought the usually brisk and noisy place had a proper facelift with the new

Jay-Z music and F. Scott Fitzgerald prose: two great tastes that taste great together? Apparently so! At least for director Baz Luhrmann. The Australian director used Jay-Z’s tunes to break the ice on the set of his highly anticipated adaptation of “The Great Gatsby.” “On my first day he had Jay-Z pumped up full, and we did the entire scene with, you know, Jay-Z in our ear on